Pete's BLOG-Day 26,288. Election comments

Today is Thursday, November 8, 2012. My stats today: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes on the exercise balland 38 minutes of walking=2.0 miles for a November total of 20.1 miles. My weight was up to 164.6 pounds.

QUOTE - an Amish proverb: "Instead of putting others in their place, put yourself in their place."

My THOUGHTS today. After listening to Obama in his acceptance speech, and listening to John Boehner and Harry Reid talk yesterday I think their is a ray of hope that some kind of compromises can be made. Here is my thinking;
1. The Republicans will not have a goal anymore of making Obama a one-term president - so they should/could be more flexible.
2. Obama should/could be more flexible because he will not have to be concerned anymore about making people upset in the swing states with his decisions. In other words he won't have to be worried about getting re-elected for a second term.
3. The American people are demanding that something be done with both sides working together to solve problems - and they will have to compromise in order for that to happen.
4. History shows that compromise can happen and good things can happen. Look at the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994. Clinton had to work with Newt Gringrich and the Republican majority and some good things happened. Clinton moved to the center and the Republicans did the same.
SO THAT IS MY THINKING AT THIS TIME - HOPE I'M RIGHT.

OTHER THOGHTS:
1. I'm happy that Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins was not removed.
2. In my opinion the Obama campaign team can be described as geniuses. They had this electorate figured and concentrated their efforts on the nine swing states. They concentrated  getting out the vote from blacks, latinos, single women and the young. It worked.
3. According to CNN 80-90% of the people in the world are extremely happy Obama won. If the people in the world could vote for president - Obama would get 80% of the vote. When George W. Bush left office his worldwide approval rating was about 10%.
4. The Republican Party has turned into an angry WHITE man's party who feel the country should go back to the 1950s. I noticed at their convention and in all of Romney's campaign crowds you could seldom see a nonwhite. They are going to have to change if they want to be a player on the national stage.